Surface restructuring and predictive design of heterogeneous catalysts

F Tao, M Salmeron - Science, 2024 - science.org
Heterogeneous catalysts, which often consist of metal nanoparticles loaded on supports
such as metal oxides, can undergo several types of restructuring under reaction and …

Unraveling surface structures of gallium promoted transition metal catalysts in CO2 hydrogenation

SW Lee, ML Luna, N Berdunov, W Wan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Gallium-containing alloys have recently been reported to hydrogenate CO2 to methanol at
ambient pressures. However, a full understanding of the Ga-promoted catalysts is still …

High-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy

M Salmeron, B Eren - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This is a Review of recent studies on surface structures of crystalline materials in the
presence of gases in the mTorr to atmospheric pressure range, which brings surface science …

Metal Encapsulation-Driven Strong Metal–Support Interaction on Pt/Co3O4 during CO Oxidation

D Kim, D Park, HC Song, B Jeong, J Lee, Y Jung… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The strong metal–support interaction (SMSI), which affects the catalytic performance of
supported metal catalysts, plays a central role in the modern chemical industry. However …

Effect of MnO2 Polymorphs' Structure on Low-Temperature Catalytic Oxidation: Crystalline Controlled Oxygen Vacancy Formation

FX Tian, H Li, M Zhu, W Tu, D Lin… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
MnO2 polymorphs (α-, β-, and ε-MnO2) were synthesized, and their chemical/physical
properties for CO oxidation were systematically studied using multiple techniques. Density …

Bimetallic synergy from a reaction-driven metal oxide–metal interface of pt–co bimetallic nanoparticles

Y Song, D Kim, S Hong, TS Kim, KJ Kim, JY Park - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bimetallic alloy nanoparticles (NPs) have unique electronic and geometric properties that
are regarded as the origin of bimetallic synergy. However, this issue remains controversial …

Review and Perspectives of Enhancement in the Catalytic Stability for the Complete Combustion of CO, CH4, and Volatile Organic Compounds

Y Feng, Y Liu, H Dai, J Deng - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
As typical air pollutants, CO, CH4, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have received
great attention due to their negative impact on the environment and human health …

Surface oxygen Vacancies on Reduced Co3O4(100): Superoxide Formation and Ultra‐Low‐Temperature CO Oxidation

Y Liu, Y Peng, M Naschitzki, S Gewinner… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The activation of molecular oxygen is a fundamental step in almost all catalytic oxidation
reactions. We have studied this topic and the role of surface vacancies for Co3O4 (100) films …

Operando surface studies on metal-oxide interfaces of bimetal and mixed catalysts

J Kim, H Choi, D Kim, JY Park - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The formation of metal-oxide interfaces in catalytic systems exhibits a synergistic
phenomenon between metal and reducible oxides, often referred to as the strong metal …

Microalgae-derived Co 3 O 4 nanomaterials for catalytic CO oxidation

A Sidorowicz, N Yigit, T Wicht, M Stöger-Pollach… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient carbon monoxide oxidation is important to reduce its impacts on both human health
and the environment. Following a sustainable synthesis route toward new catalysts …